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NovaDel Pharma - Spray nitroglycerin brings fast relief for angina

Nutrition 21, Inc. - New study reinforces safety of Chromax chromium picolinate

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation - Gene studies reveal the complexity of mouse apolipoprotein B gene expression

Ondokuz Mayis University - Dual albendazole treatment effective for surgical patients

Ospedale S Giacomo Apostolo, Turin - Technical advances improve myocardial imaging in women

PET-Zentrum, Bad Berka - New findings in the area of diagnostics described

PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. - Health plan provides grant to support HIV education

PainCare Holdings, Inc. - Pain management's EDX-Direct Program to be deployed in North Carolina

Pennsylvania State University - Nutritional info helps teens make better choices

Perinatal Diagnostic Center, Lexington, KY - Prepregnancy obesity not a factor in progression to preeclampsia

Personnel - Cigna names two new directors to board

Pharmos Corp. - Dr. Abraham Sartani appointed to pharma's board

Pingchuan Pharmaceutical Inc. - Pharma company purchases Sinopharm Medicine holding Tianjin

Prince Wales Hospital, Taiwan - Combination therapy surpasses monotherapy in chronic hepatitis B patients

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane - Lineage extinction/replacement in dengue 1 populations due to stochastic events

RUSHSAP UNESCO, Bangkok - Genetically modified insect vectors require examination

Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland - GCSF & GMCSF have differential effects on neutrophil survival and function

Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne - Use of NSAIDs carries risk of adverse reactions in children

Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville - Impact of body composition on lung function characterized in children

Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg - Lymphocyte Na/K pump studied, interleukin-2-dependent regulation revealed

Sapporo Medical University, Hokkaido - Node dissection by video-assisted thoracic surgery assessed

Southern Research Institute - U.S. NIH grants awarded to 9 research centers for molecular libraries initiative

Stanford University Medical Center - Infrapatellar plica may play role in refractory anterior knee pain

State Agency of Medicines (Estonia) - Estonia state medicine agency reports total medicinal products sales for Q1 2005

Sumitomo Hospital, Osaka - Only cardiac MIBG uptake can distinguish PD from multiple system atrophy

Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Bern - Person-to-person spread the most important norovirus transmission route

Temple University, Philadelphia - BLM helicase triggers leukemia cell resistance to cisplatin

Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Hospital system renews central region managed care, Medicare, Medicaid agreement

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Medical center names chief operating officer

The Immune Response Corporation - Trial of vaccine for MS demonstrates increase in gene marker to track T-cells

Tohoku University - Novel Matsui-Kitamura stent grafting technique shows promise

Tom Baker Cancer Clinic, Calgary - Reovirus may be used as a purging modality for breast cancer during ASCT

Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston - Anemia and LVH predict cardiovascular disease in CKD patients

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Ability of measles protein to regulate genome replication examined

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Coccidioidomycosis epidemic associated with climatic changes

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Adjuvant IL-7 and IL-15 improves survival of CD8+ memory cell pool

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Organochlorine levels in breast cancer adipose tissue measured

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Method targets the true drug leads

University Hospital of Erlangen - Elutriation of monocytes for dendritic cell generation reported

University of Barcelona - Researchers' work adds to virology body of knowledge

University of Bern - Dental repair examined, protein expression sequence clarified

University of Bonn - Research in obstetrics provides new insights

University of British Columbia - Sensory "background noise" can improve perception

University of Cardiff Wales - Clinical significance of transcription factors Snail, Slug, and Twist evaluated

University of Crete - Individual needs dictate choice of contraceptives during perimenopause

University of Florida - Child-raising toughest on young grandmothers

University of Lausanne - Endocarditis studied, fibrinogen and fibronectin cooperative binding revealed

University of Liverpool - Alcohol augments cognitive biases for smoking cues

University of Louisville - Effectiveness of combined therapeutic modalities investigated in cervical cancer

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur - Multitransfused thalassemic children show a risk for acquiring hepatitis C

University of Michigan - Arterial stiffness related to insulin resistance in hypertensive older adults

University of Michigan - The rich die differently from you and me, study shows

University of Montreal - Calcium binding proteins studied, distribution in cortical cells shown

University of Oxford - Cancer related to distance from high voltage power lines in England and Wales

University of Padua, Clayton - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of cardiovascular disease

University of Pisa - Findings in diagnostics provide new insights

University of Pittsburgh - Benchmarks developed for sigmoidoscopy in early detection of cancer

University of Rostock - Repressed p53 delays new vessel maturation

University of Shizuoka - Modified liposomes carry photosensitizer to tumor vessels

University of South Florida - TGF-beta regulates brevican production in cultured astrocytes

University of Texas Southwestern - Enzyme affects hypertension by controlling salt levels in body

University of Texas, Dallas - Studies describe new findings in endocytosis research

University of Tokyo - Hepatitis C transmission prevails at an outpatient clinic in Japan

University of Washington, Seattle - DC-SIGNR is a cofactor in sexual HIV-1 transmission

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia - Philadelphia university receives $750,000 grant from pharmaceutical company

VA Puget Sound Health Care Systems, Seattle - Studies add new findings to angiology body of knowledge

VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam - Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and risk of cancer debated

VeraGene LLC - Wound closure modeled, acceleration after prior injury demonstrated

Viasys Healthcare Inc. - Medical technology company completes acquisition of Pulmonetic Systems, Inc.

Vifor International Ltd. - U.S. FDA approves IV therapy for iron deficiency anemia in pre-dialysis patients

Wayne State University, Detroit - 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging technique for breast cancer improved

Wayne State University, Detroit - Age at diagnosis decreased over successive generations in PaC families

Wyndgate Technologies - Global Med sub signs nationwide contract with Nigeria

Xenomics, Inc. - Patent application filed on transrenal DNA technology for infectious diseases

Yale University - Role of pudendal nerve in female sexual dysfunction clarified

Yamazaki Baking Company, Ltd. - Recent findings illuminate research in diet and nutrition

Zynx Health Incorporated - Vanderbilt Medical Center licenses clinical decision support systems